Improvement in ooen-plantebs



' TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

`EDWARD M. BUTZ, vor lALLseirnNY CITY; PENNSYLVANIA,

Letters Patent No. 74,298, dated-February 1I, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT Iii OOsN-,rLANTsss tite Stimuli nicht fait tigen ettm hattest mit mating pnt rt its' same.

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. Be it known that I, EDWARD M. Burzi, of the city and county of Allegheny, inthe State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Corn-Planters and lI do hereby declar'e that the following is a full and exact `description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and` figures of reference marked thereon. l .v 4 I The nature of my invention consists in so'constructing a corn-planter that it will furrow out the ground for the reception of the seed, and deposit said seedat any desiredintervals, and then cover said seed, said `corn-planter being constructed and-operating in the manner hereinafter described. 'l

To enable others skilled in theart to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction `and operation.1 Inthe accompanying drawings, `whichpfo'rm'part of my specication--- Figure 2 isa top view of the same. Y I e f l y In the drawings, A represents th'eframe; A', thewheels, which revolve on the axle Y. 'To the hub OfAone Figure'l represents a side elevation of my improvements in corn-planters.

of these wheels is attached a gear-wheel, G, which'lgefars into a pinion, D, on the outer fend of theshaftg, which is held in position'by means of the bearings 4which are secured to the'frameiA. On the shaft g,`which extends over and to about the centre of the wheelf, isasmall wheel, e, :the teeth-of which are so constructed and arrangedV that they will gear into the dlerent series ofteelthlmarked 5, 6, 7*,.and 8) on the .wheelj`, which is pivoted to the frame A. The wheelfis provided with two pins, marked 9, which 'are used, in connection with' the spring z',

for operating the lever h, which ispivoted'tdthe-i'ramjeiA.at'the point marked 1,'and to the feed-slide J at thev point marked 0'. The slide J'is provided with seedfchauibers 2, and is lfitted, in and'moves'u a. groove made in the bar Jof the frame A. Unbar J,-and, over Vt'hei'eed-slide J, are placed two hoppc'rs, B', for holding the seed. v'lo the shaft X', which is held in position by the bearings n, are attached two beams, w, which are provided with rplonghs Cl, which can be velevated bysleverfm'Land thereby making them inoperative when turning the planter' at the ends of the rows, or-when going' A to -or returning from the field. To the back end of the frameof .the plantexgat the point marked l, are piv'otdhangers'vl), in which `are pivoted concave rollers R. The sent B,

for the driver and' operator, is supported:onQspring-bar S,"tlie"lo wer end of which is attached tothe frame of the Planter. p -l l v t A s the' construction and arrangementv of thesxeral parts of my improved planter, and the relation that, these several parts bear to each other, willrreadily be seen and understood by the skillful mechanic, by reference to the accompanyingdrawings, I will therefore, without further description of the construction, proceed to describe the operation ofmy improved planter, which is as follows: I The seed is placed in the hoppers B', the planter being drawn along inthe direction that is intended furthe rows of corn, and the revolving o'wheels Afwill revolve'the wheel C, which willrevolve4 the wheel D and shaft g, which will revolve the wheel e, which will revolve the wheelf, which will bring the pins 9 lin contact with the,

` ends of lever h, whichl will move it sideways,which willmove the feed-slide'J, which will, everytime the pin 9 comes 4in contact with the lever z,'deposit the-seed, which drops from the lseed-cllaln'ber 2 throughopenings 3, i into the furrow made bythe ploughs C', and rollers R will cover over and hill up the earth over the planted corn or other seed. The pins, 9of the wheel f-moves the'lever 4It sideways, andthe spring z' throws it hack to its i proper position.4 v l It will readily be observed that the Adepth of the furrowcan he regulated thro'llgh'the medium of the chains X, which are attached to the beamsw of the ploughs C.- The intervals for depositing the seed are regulated by changing the position of the wheel e on the .shaft g, so as to gear into the desireduseries of teeth on the upper It will be readily observed that, if the wheel e is geared into the teeth, 5, of the wheelf, the wheelfwill movemuch fasterthan when geared into the teeth, 8, andthat the intervalsi'between the depositsof seed will be much shorter when` geared Ainto the series' of teeth marked 5, than when geared into the series of-teeth vmarked 8J vThe wheelfis provided with four series ot' teeth, which will, by changing the wheel e, to gear into these four different series of teeth, givefour dili'erent intervals for depositing the seed. l l

Havingl thus described the nature, construction, and operation of my improvement, what I claim as my invention, is-il l i The combination ofthe wheels U, D, e, andf, when used in connection with the lever h, spring z', and slide J, the whole being constructed, arranged, combined, and operating `as herein described, and for the purpose set forth. t t

EDWARD M.t BUTZ.

Witnesses:

JAMES J. JOHNSTON, Ansinnen Hna. 

